At Least They're Committed

I’m shuffling cards when he walks in. I’ve been expecting him. “Oh, are we playing a game?” he pulls off his ascot, I haven’t the heart to tell him they went out in the 70s, but then again, really, he probably already knows. “No, I don’t play games,” I say. “I only speak in riddles Read more

AND GO . . . Tired, washed, pressed and dressed to impress, listening to oldies on the radio and singing along badly on my drive to work. SWITCH! Self-quarantined, I’m mouthing the words to Michelle Branch’s “All You Wanted” and Regina Spektor’s “The Call” and BNL’s “Jane” under my breath (“Jane, desired by the people Read more

After a bitchy comment was made toward us on social media, I emailed it to someone of authority and pointed out that I hate people; that despite my cheerful demeanor, I really am a misanthrope. Strange, I haven’t heard back. Heh. But when I grabbed up my phone to call Ellen for our weekly chat, Read more

Aw! You’re back! Did you miss me? Don’t answer that. I often sense that I hover in your world somewhere between piety and a plague, respect and revilement, love and loathing: You believe I could be one thing, but there’s a good chance that I’m entirely another. That’s OK. I get it. It’s the realm Read more

What reminded me? What reminded me? Oh, yes. My college adviser connected with me via LinkedIn, that’s what. Hadn’t heard from him in years. We were together the morning of 9-11. I’d arranged for your mom, Dez, to stay home for just a few hours to watch your youngest uncle so I could go meet Read more

Harrumph. I am in no way, shape or form deserving of the negativity, lack of humor or general curmudgeonry  (look! I made up a new word!) leveled at me today. I am a kind, thoughtful and, yes, snarky person and I should be acknowledged for all of these pleasant and desirable traits, as opposed to being Read more